A three-person crew reached the International Space Station on Wednesday, the Russian space agency said, after a journey of just over three hours that was the fastest ever for a manned craft to the orbital lab.
Roscosmos confirmed the successful docking of the Soyuz spacecraft in a tweet. The journey "took a record short three hours and three minutes," Russian news wire RIA Novosti added.
For the first time, the space agency tried a two-orbit, three-hour approach to the orbiting outpost. Previously it took twice as long for the crews to reach the station.